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Recent Examples of curled up
In a viral video shared on TikTok in August by Amanda Duréy under the username @mandiiieeeeeee, the poster can be seen lifting her blanket to find her fluffy tortoiseshell cat curled up by her tummy, enjoying a warm nap in the coziest spot.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Olivia hid in the basement of the funeral parlor, curled up and crying.
—Charlie Wells, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Its pages are curled up at the bottom.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Other videos from Krome, which were posted on social media, show men sleeping on the floor and curled up in chairs without blankets.
—Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
They can be found curled up and motionless so as to not attract any attention.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
He was last seen on the video stumbling toward the basement stairs again, and he was found in the February morning curled up in a fetal position at the bottom of the steps without a shirt on.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2025
Nothing gets me through the swiftly souring end of August quite like a vision of myself in this sweater, curled up by a fireplace with an epic that’s been languishing for years on my TBR stack.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
In the clip, Mackenzie approaches the train set holding a net and locates the snake inside the tunnel, curled up in a tight ball.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Olivia hid in the basement of the funeral parlor, curled up and crying.
—Charlie Wells, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Its pages are curled up at the bottom.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Other videos from Krome, which were posted on social media, show men sleeping on the floor and curled up in chairs without blankets.
—Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
They can be found curled up and motionless so as to not attract any attention.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
He was last seen on the video stumbling toward the basement stairs again, and he was found in the February morning curled up in a fetal position at the bottom of the steps without a shirt on.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2025
Nothing gets me through the swiftly souring end of August quite like a vision of myself in this sweater, curled up by a fireplace with an epic that’s been languishing for years on my TBR stack.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
In the clip, Mackenzie approaches the train set holding a net and locates the snake inside the tunnel, curled up in a tight ball.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curled up
Verb
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Art aficionados will enjoy prowling around the building snuggled in this park that houses The Burrell Collection.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The hilarious clip, shared on Instagram on Friday under the username @mostly_ghostly1, shows the poster lying by the edge of the bed, almost falling off of it, while her rescue pup, Mookie, sleeps right in the middle, snuggled up to her husband.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After Saddier hit his pitch shot over the green, Noren nestled a pitch up close to the hole and was able to tap in for the winning birdie.—
Mike Fore,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The man found his way to the roof, nestled down into the prone position and peered through a scope at Kirk less than 150 yards away.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The crowd crouched – then sprinted away from the canopy.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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And over the past nine months, a team of judges has been measuring it, pinpointing the exact location of the wave’s base, then stacking images of Slebir’s crouched pose on top of each other like a totem pole up the face of the wave.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Curled up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curled%20up. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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